Explain the meaning of law and morality. Discuss whether the law does and should seek to uphold moral principles. (30 marks + 5 marks for AO3). Laws and morals are quite similar in some ways but they also have their differences. Law is best described as rules made by authority. John Austin defined law as a command from a sovereign power‚ law needs to be obeyed and is enforced through sanctions. Morality on the other hand is values and principles as opposed to rules. Phil Harris defines a society’s
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January 2001 Explain the theory of Natural law (25 marks) The theory of natural law originates from Aristotle’s idea of goodness as fitness for purpose and stoic’s concept of a universal law of reason which is in agreement with nature. What we now call human nature. This point is then furthered by Aquinas who agrees with the argument but furthers it by linking it with his Christian belief by saying following this law is equivalent to following the command of God as human nature is in us inbuilt
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During this time the children gain greater muscle strength and increase their coordination. Their increased cognitive capacity means that they can participate in more complex physical activities such as swinging‚ and somersaulting. They are able to use motor skills in organised sports. During this stage drawing become more detailed and handwriting becomes smaller‚ smoother and more consistent. With the improvement in fine motor skills children are able to partake in activities such as sewing and
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Explain Anselm’s ontological argument. The ontological argument was put forth at first as a prayer by the eleventh century monk and philosopher Anselm of Canterbury. In his Proslogion‚ which means discourse‚ he presented this argument as a prayer for believers to substantiate their belief in god. Anselm uses ‘a priori’ (which means before experience) reasoning‚ which conveys that it does not rely or depend on experience and so an argument of this sort is more plausible and likely to intrigue and
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THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS Ford Motor Company‚ facing huge losses and hemorrhaging market share to Toyota and Nissan‚ knew it needed a new strategic plan. Competition was fierce‚ Ford’s costs were higher than competitors’‚ and Ford’s unused plant capacity was draining profits. Ford’s managers devised “The Way Forward.” This new strategic plan entailed closing a dozen plants and terminating 20‚000 employees. As at Ford‚ a strategic plan is the company’s plan for how it will match its internal
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23 November 2009 Business Environments Assignment #1 Explain the workings of market mechanism. What can cause markets to fail? Economists have to deal with a range of economic problems when studying an economy. But the basic economic problem is: “Scarce resources in relation to unlimited wants” – Bamford‚ 2001 Because there are unlimited wants and limited resources‚ societies have to confront three basic questions What to produce? Everything cannot be produced so we need to decide
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Robert Agnew extended Merton’s strain theory to explain juvenile Delinquency. He called his theory General Strain Theory of delinquency (GST) and broadened strain theory’s focus beyond economic goals and success. Agnew argued that adolescent strain results not only from failure to achieve economic goals‚ but also from failure to achieve noneconomic goals‚ the removal of positive stimuli‚ and the introduction of negative stimuli. Removal of positive stimuli can be the death of a loved one or the ending
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Teaching and learning occurs throughout our daily lives due to formal and informal learning. In other words‚ learning is not limited to school hours only. In fact‚ children learn to speak their native language at a very young age before they start attending school. This type of learning is known informal learning. On the other hands‚ formal learning occurs when students begin attending school so as to learn new subjects. New subjects at school may only be learnt if there is quality teaching. In
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Know about the support of frames given to mattresses The box frame or box spring is like for the bed which actually consists of a frame that is made of wood. This is very popular in UK where the bed is covered with cloth but contains springs too. Now the bed frame that is either made of wood or metal and this acts like a brace. This is made to sit in the floor and the box spring is placed on the top of it. One can put a mattress on the top of the bed which is almost the same size of the bed frame
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There are many different legal requirements when travelling a horse‚ this is to ensure the horses are kept safe at all times. This includes no one shall transport an animal in a way that they are going to be injured‚ journeys time have to be kept to a minimum and the animals must be fit to travel to make sure they do not hurt themselves. This means that a horse shouldn’t travel if they are ill (unless a qualified vet has given permission)‚ fatigued or if a mare has given birth to a foal during the
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